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Ideas for 'Parmenides', 'The soul's dependence on the body' and '11: Book of Kings 1'

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly

23269	Philosophy must start from clearly observed facts [Galen]
	Full Idea: True philosophers concern themselves first and foremost to take clearly observed facts as their point of departure.
	From: Galen (The soul's dependence on the body [c.170], Kiv.11.817)
	A reaction: I love this one, especially the desire that the facts be 'clearly observed'. That, thank goodness, eliminates quantum mechanics. If you don't love history and the physical sciences, you are not a philosopher. Oh, and reliable gossip.